Rap Quotes
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The rap on Obama has been that he is a little too cool and aloof. The rap on Romney may be that he is just plain callous.
David Horsey
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The only time I ever really got into rap was back in the early '90s, and bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Gang Starr. Musically, they were really interesting. But when hip-hop acts start sampling Sting or Phil Collins, then I just don't get it at all.
Paul Weller
Incognito
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I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.
Chance The Rapper
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When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.
Afrika Bambaataa
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Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly;
They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly.
Lawrence "Kris" Parker
Boogie Down Productions
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If you're true to the upliftment of people and the unity of people, raising the self-worth of people, then you live within your means. But the problem is that we're looking at the grass on the other side, saying, "That's greener. I want to be in the thug market, but I want to be a conscious rap artist." It doesn't work like that.
Lawrence "Kris" Parker
Boogie Down Productions
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I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and it's the name of the identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls.
Lawrence "Kris" Parker
Boogie Down Productions
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With the black male as a teenager, where you're coming from the ghettos and that kind of stuff, you've got to assert yourself, be macho, not let anybody walk over you, so that's where all this unnecessary bullshit comes from - from egos. That's why there are a lot of fights. That's how come the whole thing with rap has been violent. It's because of the male ego.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed
A Tribe Called Quest
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I could have easily got T-Pain or anybody like that, but let me just get somebody very left. That'll wake them up. Gaga. She's never done a rap record before. Pay attention. It's a method to my madness.
Wale
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I understand the bad rap that 3-D is getting because the conversions are crappy and because the films aren't designed for 3-D. It's a completely different medium.
Alfonso Cuaron
